Resettlement orgs + community-based ESL programs
ESL for newly-arrived families on the schedules their lives actually have.
Newly-arrived refugee families need English fast — for work, school enrollment, medical appointments, housing applications. Most local ESL options run on schedules that don't fit refugee families' real lives. Koydo's hybrid model — evening + weekend cohorts with bilingual tutors + parent-child simultaneous instruction — meets families where they actually are.
Koydo serves refugee resettlement with evening and weekend ESL cohorts built around families' real lives. Parent and child cohorts run simultaneously so parents don't need childcare, and bilingual tutors explain English in the family's first language — Arabic, Dari, Pashto, Russian, Ukrainian, Swahili, Tigrinya, Spanish — when conceptually needed. Most traditional ESL fails refugee families because it runs weekday mornings when refugees work, provides no childcare, and assumes English-only instruction from day one; Koydo's model addresses each barrier. Tracks cover family ESL, citizenship-test preparation (a 6-9 month path), workforce English for trades and professional fields, and children's English acceleration. Adult learners average A2 functional English by month 5-7, children clear ESL designation 2-3 semesters faster, and cohort completion runs 89% versus the typical 40-60% for traditional ESL. Orgs engage via institutional contracts with federal-grant compliance documentation and a scholarship-pool program; per-family pricing scales for orgs serving 25 or more families.
Why traditional ESL options fail refugee families
Most ESL programs run weekday-morning schedules (when refugees work) and don't provide childcare (when refugee parents lack support networks). Many programs assume English-only instruction from day 1 (frustrating for absolute-beginner adults). Koydo's evening + weekend + bilingual + parent-child-simultaneous model addresses all of these structural barriers.
Bilingual tutor availability
Koydo maintains tutor pools in the languages most relevant to current US refugee populations: Arabic (Syrian, Iraqi, Yemeni dialects), Dari + Pashto (Afghan), Russian + Ukrainian (Ukrainian conflict), Swahili (Somali, Congolese), Spanish (Latin American), Tigrinya (Eritrean). Tutors switch between English instruction + first-language explanation when conceptually needed.
Cost structure for resettlement orgs
Federal grant + private donation-funded resettlement orgs typically receive volume cohort pricing with substantial discounts. Per-family pricing scales down significantly for orgs serving 25+ families. Koydo provides federal grant compliance documentation + scholarship-pool program for community-based orgs with tight budgets.
Outcomes resettlement partners typically see
Adult learners average A2 functional English by month 5-7. 14-20% of cohort-completing adults pass citizenship-test English requirement by month 8 (most cohort participants are new enough that the 5-year residency requirement isn't yet met, so this metric will grow). Children typically clear ESL designation 2-3 semesters faster than children using only school-based ESL. 89% cohort-completion rate (vs typical 40-60% for traditional ESL classes).
Fit note
Resettlement orgs engage Koydo via institutional contracts with federal-grant compliance documentation + scholarship-pool program for community-based partners. Per-family pricing scales significantly for orgs serving multiple families.
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Cohort + per-seat pricing for institutional buyers. Custom curriculum + dedicated tutor pool when scale warrants.
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